Jody and her Summer Sandals!

What does summer mean to you? To me, it means great sandals that are easy to kick off on a warm day. Why? Because sandals are easier to kick off during the day than a pair of sneakers or boots! Hello!

I'm sure my mother still cringes when she hears about me running around in my bare feet, I know my husband does. But I just can't help myself! I love the feel of fresh grass between my toes in the Spring and warm beach sand or hot grass under my feet in the Summer! Don't you?

It makes me smile when I get to dig into the back of my closet and pull out all of those great sandals and cute little shoes that have been hibernating all winter! And if they look a little too worn out from last year, what better way is there to spend a Summer day than shopping for new shoes?!

Even though I admit to a healthy love for sandals, my shoe fetish is paled in comparison to my Dad! The man can't pass up a pair of shoes on sale! Just recently we were walking together through a store and he saw some sneakers on sale and he had to stop because they were on SALE! He has a separate room in the house with several shelves just to store his shoes!

Now, I once thought that my Dad had a lot of shoes until I met my dear friend "Sally" from Connecticut. This woman takes shoe shopping to a whole new level. We were recently traveling together in India and I found that she has to be dragged, kicking and screaming, through any markets where vendors were selling shoes! I was proud of her though; she showed great restrain on this year's trip. Last year she brought home a bag full of shoes! I'm talking more than 30 pair of shoes! (Okay, maybe it was only 17 or so....) Still! That's a true "Shoe Lover!" (The name of the not-so innocent has been changed so that her husband doesn't find out. The total number of shoes actually purchased has also been altered to protect her right to shop for more.)

I'm curious..... After a long day spent in nursing shoes or Crocs, what do you nurses like to slip into for footwear?

The History of Aprons

I don't think our kids know what an apron is.

The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath because she only had a few. It was easier to wash aprons than dresses and they used less material, but along with that, it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven.

It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears. From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven.

When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids. And when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it around her arms. Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron. Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove.

From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls. In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees.
When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds. When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner.

People would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs were on that apron. But you know what? I don't think I ever caught anything from an apron.

It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that ' old-time apron' that served so many purposes.

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Posted by Jody Earle

Marketing & IT Manger for Sassy Scrubs